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Thursday, April 9, 2015

Chorizo And Cheese Quesadillas

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 8
  • 8 ounces bulk chorizo sausages or 8 ounces mild italian sausage
  • 1/3 cup chopped onion
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 fresh jalapeno pepper, finely chopped
  • vegetable-flavored tortillas or plain flour tortilla
  • 1 tablespoon cooking oil
  • 1 cup shredded monterey jack cheese, and (mexican farmer cheese, 4 oz.) or 1 cup queso fresco (mexican farmer cheese, 4 oz.)
  • 2 tablespoons snipped fresh cilantro or 2 tablespoons parsley

Recipe

  • 1 for filling, in a medium skillet cook chorizo or sausage, onion, and garlic until meat is brown and onion is tender. drain off fat.
  • 2 pat chorizo mixture with paper towels to remove as much additional fat as possible.
  • 3 stir in jalapeno pepper; set aside.
  • 4 brush one side of 3 tortillas with half of the cooking oil.
  • 5 place tortillas, oiled sides down, on a large baking sheet. spread the chorizo filling over tortillas on baking sheet. combine cheese and cilantro or parsley; sprinkle over filling.
  • 6 top with the remaining tortillas. brush with the remaining oil.
  • 7 place quesadillas on the rack of an uncovered grill directly over medium heat.
  • 8 grill for 3 to 4 minutes or until filling is heated through and tortillas are starting to brown, turning once halfway through grilling.
  • 9 to serve, cut quesadillas into wedges.
  • 10 nutritional facts per serving.
  • 11 calories: 232, total fat: 14g, saturated fat: 6g, cholesterol: 32mg, sodium: 346mg, carbohydrate: 15g, fiber: 1g, protein: 10g, vitamin c: 4%.

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